<p>Oh you’re welcome! I’d forgotten about it too but looked back and agreed with myself heartily!</p>
<p>This morning I had my Webster University audition. We talked at the beginning, I asked a couple questions. Then I began my first monologue. My auditor, however, was sick and coughing, so she signaled for me to stop. I stopped while she recovered and began again after she apologized profusely and assured me it was a lovely beginning. After I did my two monologues she worked with me on my dramatic contemporary. We did an exercise in which she was the character I was speaking to and I couldn’t move, but I had to keep her from leaving using only my words. After we finished, she asked me what I learned. I told her it raised the stakes and really put me in a do or die situation, and she said “good.” We talked a little more and then she let me go. It was an overall good and fun experience. </p>
<p>Next, I did a walk-in for Cornish School of the Arts in Seattle. We had a short info session first, which was good since I know very little about the school. Then, we did a group warm-up/exercise in which we did a lot of moving and vocalizing. Then I did my pieces, and she also asked me to sing, so I sang a short excerpt from My Friend, the Dictionary from 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. It was enjoyable, but now I have to go home and write two more essays!</p>
<p>Eve - I cannot wait to see where you end up! Job well done, hope the writing goes well.</p>
<p>My first audition is tomorrow and I won’t stop til Monday, so I will probably only report back once all the auditions are done. I spoke to many students from all the schools I’m applying to and they all told be the same thing: “Relax, have fun, be yourself and do your best job. They’re not looking for the perfect, most-talented actor, nor the perfect audition. They want people who are willing to learn and have potential and passion for what they’re doing”.</p>
<p>Just thought I’d share with you guys, because I think many hopeful young actors, inculding me, try their hardest to be like Meryl Streep and always forget that there’s still so much learning to do, and college is a part of the process, not the final test.</p>
<p>Break a leg everyone!</p>
<p>Just know we’re all pulling for you, milkshakespeare! You have some wonderful friends, and you definitely have a great attitude. We’ll look forward to your report when it’s all over.</p>
<p>Milky: Break A Leg to you hon!!!
I like what you said: College is a part of the Process, not the final test.
I hope the colleges auditioners keep that in mind, I’d like to think its where you go to learn what you are passionate about and not feeling that you have to be the total package to get in.</p>
<p>Thank you EmmyBet and mom2gals!</p>
<p>Yes! I said on the Purchase thread that these auditions do feel like a judgment and prediction for your whole life, but we all know (even when it’s hard to feel) that they really aren’t. There are so many wonderful colleges and theatre departments all over the US, and the world, whether BA, BFA or anything else. Anyone can have a great experience learning and growing, once you get past this dreadful admissions experience. Even someone who seems “perfectly packaged” at audition time will laugh when comparing themselves a year or two later. College (or the college-age years, at least) gives you an invaluable opportunity to learn who you are and what might be possible.</p>
<p>Also, quick question concerning monologues: I’ve made all the cuts that I could, but they’re still a little bit over time when I do them without hurrying (one is 10 seconds longer and the other one 20 seconds). Should I try to hurry a little bit or just do it the “proper” way and take the risk of getting stopped in the middle? At the same time, my classical monologues are way under 2 minutes.</p>
<p>Do it the proper way. In 10 auditions, we have yet to see a stop watch. Her 1:30 version of one monologue runs more like 1:50. Her 2 minute version of it (which she really prefers), runs like 2:20.</p>
<p>Just want to say “Break a Leg,” Milk! You have such a positive outlook on this whole process! I’m sure you are going to do beautifully. :)</p>
<p>Thank you ActingDad and ugadog99. I just talked to one of my teachers and she said “Do it the proper way and do it the best you can. If they stop you in the middle, at least you gave a good performance on the first few lines”.</p>
<p>Milky - break a leg! You have worked very hard for this. I second the “do it the proper way” - my son saw no stopwatches either.</p>
<p>This close to audition time, Milkshake, I wouldn’t try to make any more changes to your monologues. So just go ahead and do them the proper way, don’t hurry. If an audition panel asks you to stop for being overtime, it’s no big deal. They will have seen enough of you to really understand what sort of an actress you are.</p>
<p>Have lots of fun and break a leg at all your auditions! I know how hard you have been working.</p>
<p>Break a leg, milkshakespeare!</p>
<p>hmmm I think there have been a few acceptances that have not been recorded on the class of 2013 acceptance thread… hint : (bark bark). Any way to get that thread pinned since it should become the go to thread for the next few months.</p>
<p>^^I second that request, mom2gals; in fact, a couple of us requested this back in December and were told that people still wanted to see last year’s threads. Hope it’s now considered appropriate to pin the acceptance threads–it’s time!!</p>
<p>Hi Eve. My d had her audition the same day as you–and the same exact thing. He said he would probably stop her part way through to work on it. He didn’t stop her and then he asked her why she chose the monologue. She told him–he said, “I agree.” And that was it. It was her first audition of the whole week and felt that it wasn’t a “good sign” since he had said that he wanted to get to know everyone and didn’t really care that much about the monologue. But then he didn’t try to get to know her at all. Mixed messages.</p>
<p>ResrchMom - You’re talking about Emerson, correct? Because that’s exactly what happened. I feel like it must be a bad sign, because otherwise, why would he contradict himself entirely if he was interested? I suppose you never know what they’re thinking, though.</p>
<p>Remember, they are actors who are trained NOT to let you know what they’re thinking!</p>